BASS  , the name of a See also:

• FAMILY

family of See also:

• ENGLISH

English brewers . The founder of the See also:

• FIRM

firm, See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Bass (b . 1720), was originally a See also:

• CARRIER
• CARRIER, JEAN BAPTISTE (1956-1794)

carrier, one of his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief clients being See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin Printon, a See also:

• BURTON, JOHN HILL (1809–1881)
• BURTON, ROBERT (1577-1640)
• BURTON, SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM (1816–f goo)
• BURTON, SIR RICHARD FRANCIS (1821-1890)
• BURTON, WILLIAM EVANS (1804-1860)

Burton-on-See also:

• TRENT
• TRENT (Lat. Tridentum; Ital. Trento; Ger. relent)
• TRENT, COUNCIL OF

Trent See also:

• BREWER, JOHN SHERREN (1810-1879)

brewer . By 1777 Bass had saved a little See also:

• MONEY

money, and seeing the growing demand for Burton See also:

• BEER

beer he started as a brewer himself . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market for Burton beer at that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time was in St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg, whither the beer could be sent by See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• DIRECT

direct from Burton via the Trent and See also:

• HULL
• HULL (in O.Eng. hulu, from helan, to cover, cf. Ger. Hiille, covering)
• HULL (officially KINGSTON-UPON-HULL)
• HULL, ISAAC (1775-1843)

Hull, and William Bass managed to secure a tolerable See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share of the large See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian orders . But in 1822 the Russian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government placed a prohibitory See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty on Burton See also:

• ALES (ALEsIus), ALEXANDER (1500-1565)

ales, and the Burton brewers were forced into cultivating the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home market . William Bass opened up a connexion with See also:

• LONDON

London, and established a fairly profitable home See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade . A misunderstanding between the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• COMPANY

Company and the London brewers who were the proprietors of See also:

• HODGSON, BRIAN HOUGHTON (1800-1894)

Hodgson's India See also:

• PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

Pale See also:

• ALE

Ale, at that time the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard drink of Englishmen in the East, resulted in Bass being asked to See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply a beer which would withstand the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• CLIMATE

climate and be generally suitable to the Indian market . After a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of experiments he produced what is still known as Bass's pale ale . This new and lighter beer at once became popular all over India, and Bass's firm became the largest in Burton . After William Bass's See also:

• DEATH

death the business was carried on by his son, M . T .

Bass, and then by his See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson, See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Bass (1799-1884) . In 1827 a See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel laden with Bass's beer was wrecked in the Irish Channel . A large proportion of the See also:

• CARGO (Span. for " loading," from Lat. carries, car)

cargo was however salved and sold at See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool, where it met with See also:

• GREAT

great approval in the See also:

• LOCAL

local market, and through this See also:

• CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance circumstance the firm opened up a See also:

• REGULAR

regular trade in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland . " Bass " was, however, little drunk in London till 1851, when it was supplied on See also:

• DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

draught at the See also:

• EXHIBITION

Exhibition of that See also:

• YEAR

year, since. which time its reputation has been See also:

• WORLD

world-wide . In 188o the business was turned into a limited liability company . Michael Thomas Bass, besides actively conducting and extending the firm's operations, was a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of great public spirit and philanthropy, and the towns of Burton and See also:

• DERBY
• DERBY, EARLS OF

Derby are largely indebted to his munificence . He took a keen See also:

• INTEREST

interest in all questions affecting the welfare of the working classes, and was largely instrumental in securing the abolition of imprisonment for See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt . On his death, See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

prior to which he had taken into See also:

• PARTNERSHIP (earlier forms, partener, parcener, from Late Lat. partionarius for partitionarius, from partitio, sharing, pars, part)

partnership Messrs Ratcliff and Gretton, two of the leading officials of the brewery, converting the business into a limited company known as Messrs Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton, Ltd., the See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of the firm passed to his sons, Michael See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur Bass and See also:

• HAMAR, or STOREHAMMER (GREAT HAMAR)

Hamar Bass (d . 1898) . Michael Arthur Bass (1837-1909), after twenty-one years in See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament as member first for See also:

• STAFFORD
• STAFFORD, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Stafford, then for two divisions of See also:

• STAFFORDSHIRE

Staffordshire, was in 1886-raised to the See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage as See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Burton; by a See also:

• SPECIAL

special patent of 1897 the peerage descended to his daughter, Nellie, the wife of Mr J . E . See also:

• BAILLIE, JOANNA (1762-1851)
• BAILLIE, LADY GRIZEL (1665-1746)
• BAILLIE, ROBERT (1602-1662)
• BAILLIE, ROBERT (d. 1684)

Baillie of Dochfour, the baronetcy descending to his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew W .

A . Hamar Bass (b . 1879) .